Automobile-lock



W. H. AUSTIN.

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1919.

Patented Nova 16, 1920.

INVENTOR iii/7121452777;

WITNESSES TIN, a citizen of UNITED STATES," PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HENRY eus'rm, or GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. AUTOMOBILE-LOCK.

To all whom it my concern? Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY AUS the United States, and a resident of Greenville, in the county of reenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Automobile-Lo'cks, of which the following is a specification,

y invention is an improvement in automobile locks', and has for its. object 'to provide mechanism of the character specified, for locking the spare tireof a motor vehicle to the body, in such manner that it cannot be removed by unauthorized parties.

1 of usual construction I Figure 1 is lock nut in use,

In the drawings:

a. side view of the improved Fig. 2 is a .side View of the clamp with parts in section, Fig. 3 is a rear view'of the clamp.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with a motor vehicle having a spare tire 2 supported at the rear thereof, and a lock is mounted on the body of the vehicle at the rear, and inposition to engage the tire to hold it to the-body;

The improved lock comprises a clamp consisting of a relatively fixed section 3, and a 80 movable section 4 hinged to the fixed-section at 5., The sections cooperate to form a circle respectively at their meeting ends.

A casing 8 is secured to the lug 6 of the section 3 and-to the body of the vehicle, and t is casing is tubular. to'receive a sliding bolt The bolt has an angular portion 10 provided with a'locking pin 11 extending substantially parallel with the body of the bolt, and thislocking pin is adapted to pass through registering openings 12 and :13 in the lugs 6and 7and engaged within a recess 14 in the casing 8.- v

- Specification of Letters Patent.

staple l7 shackle of guiding the flexible diameter to engage other, the

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

Application filed November-21, 1919. Serial /No. 339,628.

When the bolt is moved so that the locking pin moves into the registering openings 12 1314, it will be obvious that the section 1 cannot be opened to release the spare tire. On the other hand, when the bolt is moved rearwardly and turned into the dotted line position of Fig. 3, the section 4 will swing away from,the section 3 to release the tire.

Any preferred form of locking means may be used in connection with the bolt. present instance a, flexible member 15, as for instance, a cord or wire is connected at one end with the bolt and at the other with a hasp 16 which is adapted to engage a at the front of the seat This staple may be engaged a padlock 18 to prevent gagement of the hasp; The length vehicle. by the disenof the flexible member 15 is such that when the .hasp is engaged with the staple,

' openings l213l A direction element 19 is provided for member. The improved lock is especially adapted for use with the lock formin the subject matter of my In the of the Patent 1,315,603 granted September, 2, 1919.

1 I claim: A look for a'spare tire conslsting of a casing adapted to be secured to a vehicle,

end, said sections having at the other end radial lugs abutting when the sections are closed on the tire, the radial lug of one secbeing secured to the casing and the said tion lugs having openings registering with each casing having a recess registering with the openings, and a lockingbolt slidable in the casing, said bolt having a locking pin oflset laterally therefrom forengaging the'openings and the recess. v

' WILLIAM HENRY AUSTIN.

Witnesses:

- B. B. MILLs,

R. A. GAITHER.

lamp consisting of sections shaped tofit about thetire and hlnged together, at one 

